Watershed Education

WHALES: Watershed Education- Actions Linking Education to Stewardship

We believe every student can be a “Watershed Hero!” That’s why Coastkeeper created W.H.A.L.E.S.: Watershed Heroes- Actions Linking Education to Stewardship. The program introduces local students to watershed and ecological concepts through in-class exercises and field trips at no cost to schools. In 6 years of the WHALES Program, we’ve reached over 5,000 junior high and high school students across Orange County and the Inland Empire…and we’re still growing!

 2011-2012 WHALES Participants:

• Chavez High School- Santa Ana, Chemistry, Life Science & Earth Science
• Costa Mesa High School – AP Environmental Science & Marine Science
• Estancia High School- Costa Mesa, Marine Science
• Garden Grove High School- AVID Program (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
• Godinez High School- Santa Ana, Science
• La Habra High School- AP Environmental Science
• Lathrop Intermediate- AVID Program
• Rancho Alamitos High School- Garden Grove, AP Environmental Science, Special Education, English Language Development
• Orange High School- AP Environmental Science
• Santa Ana High School- Santa Ana, Earth Science
• Santiago High School- Garden Grove, AP Environmental Science
• Stacey Middle School- Westminster, Math & Science
• Troy High School- Fullerton, AP Environmental Science

Orange County Coastkeeper, Inland Empire Waterkeeper and the Coastal Conservation Network do not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, color, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition (cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), handicap, disability or any other protected status in accordance with the requirements of local, state, and/or federal law in the educational programs or activities that we operate and we are required by Title IX and 40 C.F.R. § 5.140 not to discriminate in such a manner. Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX and requirements listed above may be referred to our Civil Rights Coordinator – Colin A. Kelly, Staff Attorney, 3151 Airway Ave., Suite F-110, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, (714) 850-1965 ext. 307.